Slide cup valve



W. G. WILSON.

SLIDE CUP VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED MN. 24.

Patnted Apr. 18, 1922.

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Patented Apr. 1922.

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Application filed January 24, 1318. Serial no. 213,468.

To all whomc't may concern: I p

Be it known that l, VJYLrnGnMivrnL' vVIL- soN, a subject of the King of Great Britain,

and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New" York,

bodying the present invention.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SlideCup Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a cup valve-of the sliding type, adapted to be employed for controlling the flow of steam, gas, oil, or other material or fluid which is free from abrasive matter. 7 7

Speaking generally, the invention is a quick operating valve, the sealing member of which is a disk in substantially cup-shaped form, said disk cooperating with a valve seat, preferably annular in form, whichseat may be made integral with the valve casing,

or embody aseparate member, as desired. In the preferred construction, the sealing member is provided with a stem which fits com} aratively loosely into a socket in what may be termed the valve operating head, the valve or sealing member being normally forced to its work by a spring so positioned 'ithin the socket as to exert pressure upon thestem. The operating headis provided with an actuating member, whereby the valve may be moved, by a quick eccentric movement, into either open or closed position, and, while said operating member may partake of various forms, it is preferred, particularly in manually operated valves, to. embody the same in substantially the form of a wrench.

' In the preferred embodiment of the invention, positive means are associated with the structure, preferably in the form of gears, whereby different portions of the face of the sealing member are continually brought into contact with different portions of the faceof the valve seat, thereby precluding undue wear on any particular parts of these faces and resulting in such uniformity of wear as to .insure a tight fit between the sealing member and its seat;

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, as well as the advantages thereof, will be apparent from the herein after detailed'description read in oonjunc-' tion with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown isto be understood asillustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 1s slde elevat1on of a valve embolts B,'with an intermediate gasket-b-to insure an impervious joint between the parts. i

The inlet and outlet ports C and 1), respectively, areboth here shown as formed in the lower part of the casing. Inlet port C opens directly into the interior of the casing,'whereas outlet port D communicates with'the "inte- 'rior' of the casing through a passage E terminating in a valve seat. In practice, the naive seat may be formed by machining the walls of the inner end of passage E, but, in

the form of the invention illustrated, the

valve seat isv shown as formed on a removable member F. Said member is in the form of a tubular portion having a circumferential flange f intermediate its upper and lower edges so that, when the lower portion of member F is seated in the inner end of passage E, flange f will come to a seat on the ends ofthe wall of said passage and rigidly hold member F in position. The upperface of member F forms the valve seat.

The sealing element of the valve, which will be hereinafter termed the valve disk or cup, is in the form of an inverted, cupshaped member G, the under side of which is dished or cut out to providea chamber g. The lower edge of disk G is machined to cooperate with valve seat 7. Movement of disk G on seat 7 is imparted from valve operating head H, which is journaled for'rotation in the u JJer' ortion A of the casin and is provided, off center, with'a pocket It into which extends the stem 9 of disk G. The disk is held firmly against the valve seat by means of a spring h positioned in pocket It and acting-against the end of the 'stem. g, as clearly shown in Figure 4.

It will be noted that in the operationof the valve in addition to the spring pressure exercised by the spring h. tohold thecup valve member against its seat, a fluid pressure operating on the convex surface of the cup 'valve member willtend to cause said cup member to bear on its seat, for the reason that the surfacearea of said convex surface is presented to said fluid pressure to a greater extent than the reverse side of the cup; that is to say, the concave surface; in 7 other words, the cup member. will not be equally balanced between the fluid pressures of spring 'h, and this stepped-up construction,'at'the same ,time, precludesleakage around the operating head, since the pressure of the fluid or liquid which the valve controls is exerted on the inner end of the.

operating head and forces said head to a tight and impervious joint'with the casing at the stepped-up portion thereof. If desired, however, head H may have associated therewith apacking box, but this is generally unnecessary; s Associated with head H, and exterior of the casing,v is suitable means'for rotating or oscillating said head,

and, while this means may partakeof vari-' ous forms, it is here shown as a wrench I.

The valve, as thus far described, may be considered as complete and will operate with efficiency in the carrying'out of its functions. If wrench I is rotated, through anangle of 186 degrees, from the position shown in'full lines in Figures 2 and 4, wherein disk. G is in a position to unseal theport and allow liquid to flow through the casing,-to the 130- I sition shown in dotted lines in said figures, sealing disk Gr will be'moved from the open position shown in full lines. in Figure 4 and. in dotted lines in Figure 5, to a closed position wherein chamber '9' within the disk will completely register with the cylindrical valve seat member-F. .This travel. is due to thefact that pocket It in head H is offeenter, or exteriorlofthe axis of rotation of said. head, so that the disk will, "when the head isrotatethbe bodily moved, in a circular path, fromopen to closed position. i

Disk G is, moreover, circular in form and, being freeto revolve on the axis of its stein 9, partakes' of rotation during its eccentric. I 'movement, since the portion of the disk farthest from the axis of the seat is required to travel'farther than that portion of the disknearest the'center of the seat, and the latter portion is caused to lag, with the result that rotary movement is imparted to the disk. If the valve is subsequently opened by reversing the movement of Wrench '1, a

reverse movement of the disk occurs, butthelikelihood of the same spot on the disk coming back to exactly the same spot on the face is highly improbable, However, if the valve is subsequently opened byflcontinuing to move the wrench in the same direction as it was rotated to closethe valve, then the disk rotates in the same direction in opening as it did in closing, consequently never bringing the same spot on the disk in contact with the same spot on face f. ,Thus,'the

wear is distributed, and, at the same time,

there occurs, toa certain extent, a grinding of the faces together as the disk is opened andclosedj Accordingly, the successive operations of the disk tend to grind the sealing facestogether so that the disk is, in effect, ground toits seat every time the wrench is operated. The motion :which the disk has on its seat is precisely the motion which is preferred in the grinding of a disk to its seat, and, accordingly, if, in the'initial assemblage of the parts, the disk is'found not to fit tightly,

such leaky condition can be obviated by simply imparting to head-H a continued rotation for the disk to its seat. I 7

While the valve as thus far described op erates satisfactorily in the carrying out of its functions and the maintenance of an impervious seal when closed, a more efiicient construction may be had byincorporating n the structure means for positively causing rotat on of sealing disk Gr, so that it is not dependent forsuch rotation upon the tendency of a portion of said disk to lag, as hereinbefore described. A very satisfactory form of means for effecting this resultpositively isshown in Figures l and 6 of the drawings, and is embodied in the formation upon the upper face of disk G of a plurality of gear teeth J, and in the formation within the casing, and rigid therewith, of cooperatinggear teeth J. The disk operates eccentrically within the casing and is provided with a lesser number of teeth J than the number of teeth J, as will be clear from Figure'ti, but the pitch of teeth J and J is the same;

period required to grind the As a result of'this construction, it will be manifest that the rotation of head H, and consequent bodily eccentric movement of 7 disk G, will cause the teeth Jon the disk to cooperate with the fixed teeth-J :of the cas-.

ing, and this cooperation will effect 'a positive rotation of the disk during its bodily'ecof the valve.

centric movement. In other words the sealing member is caused to simultaneously partake of both rotary and circular movement; that is'to 'say, a gyratory movement. l/Vith such a construction, sticking of its seat is absolutely impossible, ough grinding action between faces will result. V

' It will be noted'from Figures t and 5 that tubular member F,'the upper edge of which and a thorthe' sealing forms the valve seat, is provided with two substantially radially extending arms the manufactured at a minimum labor cost; the

cylindrical structures of which the casing of the valve is composed enable it to stand high pressures with comparatively thin walls, thereby resulting in a relatively light valve; as the fluid passes between the valve disk and its seat, as well as through the port uncovered when the valve is open, therequired movement of the valve across its seat, in passing from open to closed position, being less than the diameter of the outlet port, a very short crank can be :used and, consequently, a relatively short operating lever will suffice to move the valve, even under high pressures; the whole interior of the valve is readily accessible by merely removing the upper portion A of the valve casing; the valve will handle liquids carrying solid matter of a non-abrasive nature, and'this is a function not possible with an ordinary valve because the casing of the latter will become so clogged as to prevent the opening This object can be obtained in the valve of the present invention because the case is circular and the movement of the disk is circular and concentric to the interior, and, moreover, owing to the shortness of the crank required, a relatively light pull on the operating lever will overcome great resistance to the movement of the disk and its crank pin; and, on account ofthe floating valve being free to rotate on its own axis and the disk on equivalents, may be made without departing from the spirit or substance of the inventi0n,-and that certain features of the'invention may be availed of without necessarily employing all, the scope of said invention being as broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v

l. A valve of the class described embodying a casing providediwitjh a valve seat in the form of an annulus, inlet and outlet ports to the casing, a cup-shaped sealing member having a facein the form of anan- O nulus adapted to be brought into and out of reglstration w1th the valve seat, and means for imparting simultaneous rotary and C11- cular movement to the cup-shaped sealing member, for the purpose of opening and closing thevalve. a. 1 y w 2. A valve of the classdescribed embodying a casing provided with a valve seat in the form of an annulus, inlet and outlet ports to' the casing, a hollow sealing member having'a face in the form of an annulus adapted to register with the annulus of the valve seat, and means for imparting simultaneous rotary andcircular movement to said sealing member to shift it into and out of registration with the valve seat, while retaining the face of the annulus of the sealing member in'substantially thesame plane. 7

A valve of the class described embodying a casing provided with a slide valve seat in the formof an vannulus, inlet and out-let ports to the casing, a hollow sealing member having a face in the form of anannulus .adaptedto register with the annulus of the valve seat,'elastic means to hold said sealing member in contact with said seat, and means for imparting simultaneously rotary and circular movement to said sealing me1nher to shift it into and out of registration with the'valve seat. 7

i. A valve of the class described embodying a casing provided with a slide valve seat, inlet and outletports to and from the casing, ahollow cup shaped sealing member having a face adapted to register with the face'of saidseat, said sealing member being mounted to revolve freely on its own axis and means to cause the sealing memberto bear on said seat with an elastic pressure andmeans to bodily move said sealing member in a circular path into and out of registration with said valve seat so that as said sealing member is moved in said circular path it is held by'said elastic pressure in contact with. said seat and due to such frictional contact it' will be volve on its; own axis. a

5. In a valve of the class described, a casing provided with a valve seat and with inlet and outlet passages, a sealing member caused to rethe seat through the covered portion of the adapted to cooperate with said seat, and

means operatingon the top oflsaid sealing member to cause the same to maintain continuous contact with its seat, said sealing member being mounted to revolve on its own axis and means to move said sealing member in a circular path'the centre of which is non-coincident with the centre of the seat, so that said sealing member is brought into and out of registration with its seat.

' -6. In a valve of the class describedfa valve casing provided with an annular valve seat, a-sliding sealing member for Q0- operating therewithnand rotatable on its own axis and simultaneously movable in a circular path anda spring for forcing the sealing member against the valve seat, said sealing member being operable to give maximum port opening in the valve seat while the axis of the sealing member is positioned within the contour of said port.

.7. 'In a valve of the class described, a valve casing provided witha circular valve seat, a rotatable sliding sealing member having a cooperatingcircular seat bordering a corresponding shaped chamberin the sealingmember and means for imparting circular 'movement to the sealing member directly associated therewith, the said sealand close the port,said valve,.when open,

permitting of the passage of fluid through the dlrectlyuncovered portlon of the port, and, also, between the seallng member and por a l V 9,, In avalve of the class described, a casing provided with a valve seatand with inlet and outlet passages, a sealing member co-operating with said seat and mounted to rotate on its own axis, with means to maintain said sealing member in continuous contact with its seat and means for eccentricallymoving the sealing member into'open or closed position with reference to said seat. I r 10. A valve of the class described, embodying a casing; inlet and outlet ports there to, an inverted substantially. cup-shaped sealin g'member having a sealing face in the "form of an annulus, a cooperating valve seat in the form of an annulus, and'means cooperating with the sealing member whereby itsannuliis is success vely forced with circular movement to different sealing positions relative to the valve seat. 7 I

11. A valve of the class described,,em'-

bodying a casing, inlet and outlet ports thereto, an inverted substantially cup-shaped sealing member having a, sealing face inithe form of an annulus, a cooperatingvalve' seat in the form of an annulus, and gearingacooperating with the casmg: andsealmgmember whereby a glvenportlon of -the face of the sealing member contacts during its suc cessive closings with different parts of the valve seat. 12. In a valve of the" class described, a casing'provided with inlet and outlet passages and a valve seat,,a rotatable sealing member cooperating with the valve" seat, a I

head for moving the sealing member so that its axis will move in circular path and having a loose connection therewith,- gear teeth interiorly of the casing and: on the sealing member which cooperate to rotate the sealing member, aboutiits axis 13. In a valve of the class described, a

casing provided with a valve seat a and with I inlet and outlet passages, a sealingmember 7 provided with a stem, a rotatable head having .a pocket positioned eccentrically therein .for receiving said stem, whereby circular movement is imparted to thesealing member when the head is rotated, and means for. 1111- parting rotary movement to'the sealing member. on the axis of its stem.

14. In a valve of-the class described, a casing provided with a valve seat and with inlet and outlet passages, a sealing member provided with a stem, a rotatablehead having a pocket positionedreccentrically therein for receiving said stem,-a spring positioned in said pocket and above-the stem for forc ing the sealing member to-fitsr. seat, means for, rotating the head to; impart vcircular movement to the sliding member,.and means for simultaneously rotating the sealing mem ber on the axis of its stem;- v 15.,Ina valve o'fthe class described,-a casing provided with a valve seat and with inlet and outlet passages, a sealing member,

a rotatable head looselyiconnected with the sealingmember for operating the same, a vleldable member cooperating with the-rotatable head and sealing member for forcing the latter to its seat, and means .for im-' parting 'Vsimultaneous rotary and circular movement to the sealing member.

16. A valve of the class described,

bodying a casing. having inlet and outlet passages and a valve seat In the form of an annulus, a rotary, slidin cup-shaped seal? ing member'having a face in the'formiof an annulus cooperating with the annulus. of

the valve seat, and arms for maintaining the face of the sealing member in the same plane as that of the valve seat whereby tilting of the sealing member is precluded.

17. In a valve of the class described, a casing having inlet and outlet ports, with a valve seat interposed therein, said valve seat having a surface in one plane which surface is adapted to cooperate with the valve, a cup shaped sealing member having a surface in one plane adapted to cooperate with the flat surface of the valve seat and of a form to register therewith to close the port, said cup-shaped sealing member 'mounted within the casing to co-operate with said valveseat and so mounted as to be free to revolve on its axis, means to bodily move said sealing member in a plane parallel with said plane of the valve seat and in a circular path so that at one point in said path the cup member registers with the seat member and the valve is closed, whereas at the opposite extremity of said circular path the cup memberis out of register with its seat and the valve is fully open, so in the circular movement of the cup member the valve is more or less open or closed.

18. In a valve of the class described, a casing having inlet and outlet ports, with a valve seat interposed therein, said valve seat having a surface in one plane which surface is adapted to cooperate with the valve, a cup shaped sealing memberhaving a surface in one plane adapted to co-operate with the fiat surface of the valve seat and of a form to register therewith to close the port, said cup-shaped sealing member mounted within the casing to co-operate with said valve seat and so mounted as to be free to revolve on its axis, means to bodily move said. sealing member in a. plane parallel withsaid plane of the valve seat and-in, a circular path so .that at one point in said path, the cup membercregisters with the seat member and the valve is closedwhereas at the opposite extremity of said circular path the cup member is out of register withits seat and the valve is fully open, so in the circular movement of, the cup member the valve is more or less open or closed, with means to cause said sealing member to bear on its seat with an elastic pressure.

19. In a valve of theclass described, a casing having an inletand outlet port, with a valve seat interposed therein, said valve seat having a surface in. one plane which surface is adapted to cooperate with the valve, a cup shaped sealing valve or member having a surface in one plane adapted to cooperate with'the fiatsurface of the valve seat and of a form to register therewith to close" the port, said cup shaped seal- *ing member mounted'within the casing to eo-' 'operate'with said valve'seat, means to bodily move said sealing member in a plane parallel with said plane ofthe valve seat and in a circular path, means for imparting rotation to the sealing member when it is bodily moved, and means to cause said sealingn enlher to bear on its seat with an elastic pressure, said bodily movement of said'sealing member operating to open the valve full at 180 of said movement and to close the same on the completion of said cycle.

20. In a valve of the class described, a casing having inlet and outlet ports, with a valve seat interposed therein, said valve seat having a surface in one plane which surface is adapted to co-operate with the sealing member, a cup-shaped sealing memher having a surface in one plane adapted to co-operate with the flat surface of the valve seat and of ,a form to register therewith to close the port, said sealing member mounted within the casing to co-operate wit-h said valve seat and so mounted asto be capable'of rotation on its own axis, means to move said sealing member in a plane parallel with said plane of the valve seat by a circular movement, means interposed between the casing and the sealing member to rotate said sealing member on its ails as the sealing member is moved in its circular path.

21. In a valve of the class described, a casing having inlet and outlet ports, with a valve seat interposed therein, said valve seat having a surface in one plane which surface is adapted to co-operate with the sealing member, a cup-shaped sealing member having asurface in one plane adapted to co-' operate with the flat surface of the valve seat and of a form tov register therewith to close the port, said sealing member mounted within the casing to co-operate with said valve seat and so mounted as to be capable ofrotation on its own axis, means to move said sealing member in a plane parallel with said plane of the valve seat by a circular movement, means interposed between the casing and the sealing member to [rotate said sealing member on its axis as the sealing member is moved in its circular path, with means to cause said sealing member to bear on its seat with an elastic pressure;

22'. In avalve of the class described, a casing having inlet and outlet ports, with a valve seat interposed therein, said valve seat having a'surface in one plane which surface is adapted to co-operate with the sealing member, a cup-shaped sealing member having a surface in one plane adapted to cooperate with the flat surface of the valve seat and of a form to register therewith to close the port, said sealing member mounted within the casing to co-operate with said valve seat and so mounted as to be capable of-rotation on its own axis, means tomove saidsealing member in a plane parallel with said plane of the valveseat by a circular movement, means interposed betweenfthe casing and the sealing member to rotate said on its seat with an elastic pressure, said cir cular movement of said sealing member operating to. open the valve fully at 180 of port, said cup --shaped sealing member mounted within the casing to co-operate with said valve seat, means to bodily move said sealing member in a plane parallel with said plane of the valve seat by a circular movement without impeding the movement of said sealing member on its axis, means for rotating the sealing member on its axisas 1t is bodily moved, means to cause said sealing member to bear on its seat with an'elastic pressure, and means to support, the sealing member inthe plane of the seat when it is partly removed therefrom. 7 1

24; In a valve of the class described a casing with port openings, and a valve seat interposed between said portsadapted to cooperate with a sliding sealing member,

' concave sealing member adaptedto cooperate with said seat, and mounted to revolve on its own axis, the valvechamber-being of a size to permit fluid flowing through said casing to fiow past and under said sealing member and means to movesaid sealing member into and out of registration with said seat. 3 p

- 25.'In a valve of the classv described, a casing provided with a valve seat and with inlet and outlet passages, a concave sealing member p'rovlded wlth a stem, a rotatable head having a pocket-positioned; eccentrically therein for receiving said stem, where- ,by circular movement is imparted to the sealing member when the head is rotated.

, 26. In a valve of the class described, a valve casing provided with a circular valve seat having a port, and a sliding cup-shaped sealing memb'er free to revolve upon its own. axis and means; to hold said sealing; member in contact with said seat by anelas-' tic pressure, said sealing member having .a face adapted to be brought into and out of registration with said seat when movement is imparted to the'seal-ing member, so as to open and, close the port, said valve, when open, permitting of the passage of fluid" through the'directly uncovered portion ofv the port, andjalso between the sealing, mem, berand the'sea't through the covered portion of the port.

I 27; In a valve the; class described, a valve casing provided with a clrcularvalve a corresponding shaped chamber in: the seal ing member, and means for imparting circular movement to the sealing member directly associated therewith, the said sealing memr her being free to rotate about its own axis and to be shifted from full closed to full open position by a movementless than the diameter ofsaid chamber.

28. In a valve of theclass described, a valve casing provided with an annul'ar valve seat, a'sliding sealing member for cooperation with said seat and mounted to freely r0"- tate on its own axis and means to cause said sealing member to bear on said seat with an elastic pressure, and meansjtomove said sealing member'in a circular path to open and close said valve, the movement of said sealing member in said circular path operating in cooperation withsaid friction engagement between the sealing member and its seat to cause said sealing member to rotateon its own axis, said sealing 'member being operableto give a full port opening in the valve seat while a portion of "the sealing member is positioned within the contour of said port.

29. In a valveof the class described, a

"valveicasing provided with an annular valve seat a sliding seallng member for coopera tion therewith,Isaidflsealing member being n'iounted to revolve freely -OI1 1l}S own axis,

with elastic means to cause said sealing memher to bear on" its seat a'n'd means to move said sealing memberin a eircular'jpath' into and out of-registration with its seat, said sealing member being operable to igive a maximum port opening while the-axisof the tour of said port. I j V V I 30; In a 'valve 'of'the class described, a

' sealing member ispositioned withingthe convalve casing-provided with a circular valve 'seat havinga port, and a sliding cupshaped sealing member having a -face" adapted to be brought into and out of registration with said seat, said sealingmember being mounted to revolve on itsown axis and means to -move said sealing member-into and out of registration wlth said seat, said valve when open, permitting offthe passage of fluid through the directly "uncovered portionsof the port, and also, between the sealing mem her and theseatthrough the covered portion {of the port.

said port, said valve when open permitting of the passage of .fiui-d' through "the directly;

31 In a valve of thelfclassdescribed-a valve casing provided withfacircular valve uncovered portions of the port, andalso, between the sealing member and V the seat through the covered portion of the'port.

32. In a valve of the class described a valve casing having inlet and outlet ports and a valve seat interposed between said ports, said seat being formed with its con tact surface in oneplan'e, a sealing member of concave form, the edge thereof adapted to cooperate with said seat and being of less size than the casing, means to hold said sealing member to its seat by an elastic pressure, with means to move said sealing member into and out of registration with said seat so that fluid passing through the casing will take a dual path, i. e.', through the concavity of the sealing member and otherwise to the outlet port, so that with the initial movement of the sealing member to open the valve, an aperture for .the passage of fluid will be opened at both sides of the sealing member.

38. In a valve of the class described a valve casing, a slide valve seat mounted within said casing and communicating with suitable inlet and exhaust ports, a sealing member adapted to cooperate with said seat, the same being of concave form and mounted to rotate onits own axis, with means to cause it to bear on the seat with an elastic pressure, and means to move said sealing member in an orbit, which is eccentric to the centre of, the seat, so that in the course of its-travel through said orbit, the sealing member registers with the seat to'close the valve at one extremity of said orbit and is out of registration at the opposite extremity of said Orbit a p p p 34. In avalve of the class described a valve casing, a slide valve seat mounted'within said casing and communicating with suitable inlet and exhaust, ports, a sealing mem ber adapted to cooperate with said seat, the same being of concave form and mounted to rotate on its own. axistwith means to cause itto bear on the seat with an elastic pressure,

andmeans to move said sealing member in an orbit, which is eccentric to the centre of the seat, so that in the course of its travel through said orbit, the sealing member reg-' isters' with the seat to close the valve at one extremity of said orbit and is out of registration at the opposite extremity of said orbit, the casing being of a size topermit the fluid to exhaust over and under the sealing member when it is less than fully open.

35'. In a valve of the class described a valve casing provided with a valve seat hav- I Signed by meat thisSth da of January, 1918. I

v VaYLIE GEMMEL WILSON.

' YVitnesses: FLORENCE ATEN Ives,

MARGARET VOGEL.

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